The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-12
The Third Party.

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move he is making We think that
but brief examination of the facts
connected with the move in Texss
will disclose the truth in such way
that cs-uist and sll a. he Is and able
At that he will Toe compelled to admit
truth which il sufficiently clear to
every other unprecedented mind in the
state Ii one will run back hastily
over the past OF prohibition in the
[ n,ed states lie will be confronted
st every step by the fact that the TEN.
perance which il taught at the ballot
box inevitably and from the very ma
ture Of thing becomes political lou-
before it arrives vt the battle GROUND.
We cannot handle pitch without be
coming dei,ed. White robcd religion
and pure morality cannot enforce
themselves by political means and
modes without gathering some ofjnc
detiiement OF the business. Caucus.
e.. conventions and ciap.trap are "a.
inevitable a. the sun j. to day or D.
darkness il to night How then, or
where the wh.te-ropod ministers OF
religion or Tie irocked priests Of
purei-m IAN work with the ballot
without disrobiug aud untrockiug We
conie-, we cannot see. DR.. Carol
may disc.aim politics a. loudly as be
please-, but his ORGAN says nota word
Either CAROLS non-political claim il
false or the open and avowed political
purposes OF the organ declared in
every breath since the Galveston con.
yeution are false. stand up. gentle
men, and let Us snow with whom the
argument lies II pains lis to trace -
matter such a. this TO the very door
OF the one or the otner of these two
Christian preachers. We do not pre-
sumo to say where it belongs ~ he.
tween them. nor do we care Odly.
we VIII say that it seems very clear
that there is politics in it, and DR.
Carroll j. one OF the very braincst
meuIu Texas
The prohibition move cCntemplate- .
no hostility to the democracy Of
TcXa,. Let %, see. lis, we take it,
proved that it is political There :,
only two parties in the state. The
establishing OF another must iueyi.
tably hurt both Then the third
party IL AT war equally with dcmoc.
racy and republicauism. Then being
political aud anu-democratic and anti.
republican it l. very fitting that both
he cid party organizations unite
md crush it out and then resume com.
'ortably their own Ole line of hostil-
y and battle together in peace Gas
hey used TO do before 1t. Johnism
aue over the bordes OF Kansas into
'eXas.
We have said that the non-political
lain is unfranb. In Kansas and in
he nation outside of Texas it /,
uown and acknowledged TO be POI
tical by a.. In Texas it Is claimed
= tne protestant priesthood to be
trictly nou-poitical. y brook pas
as down the valley which is cut W
lto many iields. 1t i bitter water in
lie field and pure and sweet in the I
Their and yet it rises from one foun- |
'in head sud seeks but one channel
, is outlet. Either the third party '
very unfortunate in this or the /
'u'e Of morality and religion ha. a
SIDE very sad mi-ta6. The moral. y
, OF the -. John order will weigh o
ltntt.e more IN Texa, than will tho Il
.ig.on OF prescription =. John h
S. temperate because be had 81 in {
mYeraie thirst for the governor a
!p O. hAnsa; aud the presidency a. b
lua. result, and be held the religion
prescription because be hated any. =,
ing which stood in the Way Of the :,
a..zai.ou OF his ambitions Have We q,
i sewers -uc.lieut s. johns in -,
.1as and Oh the ussis TOO oit4e re. ~
a..on o. son such politically g..l. D.,
picture a- 'll Eoyeruor-h.p with
e -u:et state senate i.u.y ...t.
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